Benefit or burden? Social capital, gender, and the economic adaptation of refugees

International Migration Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-365

  Allen, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PORTLAND [MAINE]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849141214     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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